Top 10 Fastest Steam Locomotives of All Time (HD)

From Flying Scotsman to Mallard, we're counting down the fastest steam locomotives ever built throughout history.
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Song: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: "Alla Turca" by Mozart

[richardwoodward]

Great job kid, nice music choice. Love to hear young people enthused about steam.

[SamsTrains]

Awesome video - thanks for making it! So nice to see such a variety of locos too - they're an amazing bunch!
All the best,
Sam :)

[readingwithpets]

2:03
“Sans, I appear to be a locomotive now and I have got to say, I very much enjoy my paint job.”.

[retroflashbackdude]

1:06 Gordon: Never trust domeless engines. They aren’t respectable.

[adamzaidi]

Great video and highly informative. It really pisses me off how a lot of these works of art we're destroyed just for some scrap metal. What a shame.

[maxklein]

I have two locomotive facts extra: the first one is for the DR 18 201. The train was initially built because the DR wanted to export coaches wich were approved for 160 kp/h (100 mp/h) but had no locomotive wich could reach such speeds.
My second extra fact: The DRG 05 001/002 where exactly the same, although 05 002 reached the record speed it was scrapped along with 05 003 in 1960. 05 001 came to the Verkehrsmuseum (national transportation museum) in Nuremberg in 1963. Also a little side note on 05 003: this locomotive was turned and had the firebox facing forward. Because of that 05 003 was fueled by coal dust (oil wasn’t available) but this kind of firing didn’t work out because the dust wich needed a long pipe to be delivered to the firebox clogged the pipe up. Later it was turned so that the firebox was now facing backwards and its streamlined paneling was removed in the process

[britishgypsum]

Liked the video. Just a quick note that Flying Scotsman was an A1 when it touched 100mph. At the time it had a boiler which was rated at only 180psi. It was one of the last A1s to be rebuilt into an A3 (220psi boilers) in about 1947/48.
Papyrus was an A3 as built but it reached 108mph pulling a passenger train and not freight. None of our freights would have got near that speed!!!
The German one at number 2 did 124.5mph and it was hauling passenger stock. There is an arguement that it might have gone faster and yet it was hauling less than Mallard at the time of the record and on the flat. They also suffered inside bearing trouble if not serviced correctly. So really the top spot is open to question and arguement. As is the age old arguement of Duchess and

[hitmandelta]

yo man i saw you on one of sams trains comments i think you deserve a shout out

[classicrockfansam]

I really thought the Duchess of Hamilton would be on this list since it came very close to Mallard’s record

[lnerengine]

City of truro's record was never officially documented

[smyset]

"Papyrus was able to hit 105 MPH"

Sans: bro the entire underground is on fire!
Papyrus: I am speed

[S.P.Q.Rrespublicas]

you forgot one of the LMS Princess Corination class reaching 114 mph, before going 50 mph through a very busy 20 mph station zone. And IT Stopped in that zone. Safely. Comes from a person who loves the Flying Scotsman and Mallard.

[spikey]

Apparently 100mph wasn't uncommon for big steam. In the early 1900's there was a huge fire in downtown Knoxville, TN. A call was made for all available firefighting equipment, and one such unit came from Chattanooga, TN. It consisted only of an engine, tender, and flatcars hauling pumpers. My friend told me the newpapers at the time said the train made record time, and was traveling 100mph when it came through Bearden into west Knoxville.

[edwardmurray]

u missed out Sir Nigel Gresely that went 112mph

[Olivers-trains]

Mallard will as we know always be held at the National Railway Museum in apart from when it turns 100 it will visit Locomotion in Shildon

[noisehead]

T1 Trust: *finishes building the PRR T1 locomotive*

Mallard’s Record: Why do I hear boss music?

[WHOKAY]

LMS 6220 Coronation broke 114mph before Mallard's record!

[VirginianSpencer]

While Mallard holds the official record without question, there were probably several others that could have taken the record if not for the obsession with the appearance of safety in the USA. There are numerous tales of Milwaukee Road F7 Baltics hitting 130 MPH, and the documented speeds certainly make this believable. N&W Class J 610 hit 110 MPH hauling a 1050 ton train ! The Santa Fe 2900s hit triple digit speeds repeatedly pulling huge loads across the flatlands. The NYC Niagara's produced over 6000 horsepower and hit triple digit speeds frequently in service. I can only wish the USA had the same attitude as the Brits do about speed. Then maybe when the 2900 restoration is complete we might see some real numbers.

[penncentral]

PRR T1 ran over 140 mph between St Louis and Terre Haute Indiana mention due to the fact that the PRR speed limit for that line was much less, liability is why it was kept quiet

[thebrummierailenthusiasts]

city of truro is currently at swindon on display alongside king george v